Happy-Annie's blog

I am hoping to return to work on a 'phased return' does anybody know what is a reasonable time schedule.  I've been off work for just over a year battling with ovarian cancer. I work in a primary school and  I am looking to return to 2 consecutive mornings a week for a number of weeks and gradually increasing it to the full 5 days a week before the end of the summer term.  By September I hope (PG) to be back…

Hi Can anybody help or advise me regarding travel insurance? I am trying to sort out travel insurance for both myself and my 23 year old son. My son is going to Cancun in March for a stag week (insurance or not - but of course I rather he did have cover!). I am hoping to travel to New Zealand next year for a long tour. I keep coming up against brick walls by companies saying that they won't cover my son (even though…

Long time no hear. I have looked at blogs quite a lot over the past few months but not added to many. I have been trying to deal with the side effects of chemo, or not as the case maybe now. Not that I am fortunate to be in 'remission' but chemo has been changed from carbotaxol to carbo to carbogem to nothing now because my blood count is non exsistant and my weight has increased dramatically over the past few weeks…

Hi everybody. Had my 1st bout of chemo last Friday. Saturday felt great, Sunday..... write off!! Early hours on Monday morning was in excruitiating pain from the waist down. Didn't know whether or not to take pain killers until spoke to NHS Direct. Ended going back onto the treatment centre for an assessment. Ultrasound showed that nothing had ruptured or twisted, and with some very strong painkillers was sent back…

Emotions running riot over the weekend. Poor hubby got both barrels with knobs on!!! I guess now that I start chemo on Friday it is all sinking in just how much of a fight I will have on my hands and hubby cant ‘fix’ me ARGHHHHHHHHHH why not – he has always fixed things right in the past. Love to everybody Ann xxx